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Apple Watch Sees Best Quarter Ever With Series 3 Sales Up More Than 100% Compared to Series 2 Sales Last Year
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I feel your pain (now). I'm new to Apple Watch. I went with the LTE model and I travel a lot. It sucks it doesn't work while roaming, even though my T-Mobile plan does. I can use my iPhone in pretty much any country I travel to, so in theory my watch should be able to as well. I hope they eventually figure out a solution for this.
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For me, LTE was the tipping point that made me want to buy one. It was a combination of factors, but LTE was what made me finally take a serious look at it.
I “overdraft” half of my cash reserve for this piece of tech, and couldn’t love it more. Sleeping tracking, workout tracking, heart rate tracking and more. Not to mention the less intrusive early alarm.
With LTE, I can even enjoy workout without my iPhone. All I need is a decent wireless headphone.
With LTE, I can even enjoy workout without my iPhone. All I need is a decent wireless headphone.
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1) The article doesn’t say growth, just revenue
2) “Other” increased $1.5B in revenue while Apple revenue as a whole increased $10B. So even that’s not even true.
3) Don’t try to change the goalposts for MacRumors again and try to say “No but it’s the PERCENT revenue growth. The percent revenue growth for this category was 70%” To that I would say... Ok.
Apple yes ... yet with Amazon getting into the Health business they'll have a bigger impact to revolutionize the health care industry on something so simple: pricing and fast delivery of medication. Further I think this will have a much larger impact to epidemics of narcotic like use such as the USA has seen with percs etc.
I think S2 topped sales for #1 globally in early 2017 (WWDC).
Another big seller for the S3 wasn't just LTE, new Bands, new Ceramic model (lower Edition pricing), but also the LTE models received double the storage: 16GB (up from 8GB in all the other models)!
Apple Watch Series 4:
smaller chipset lithography,
Larger Bezel offerings (42mm seems small to me now over a year ... 50mm/52mm too big?)
Better battery life due to above,
longer LTE calls.
larger carrier support for eSIMS (we may see Cellular iPads and iPhones ship with eSIMs as well; further reducing theft and fraud tieing into find my iPhone - hugely benefit corporations using Apple DEP).
Cutting the iPhone tether!!!
- Setup
- App Store on Watch
- iCloud backup & restore
- WatchOS updates OTA (LTE or WiFi)
> all without the iPhone yet get's WiFi list and security connections over home/LTE connections that the iPhone has.
I am in the same position as you. I still love my generation zero but bloody EE spoil everything. When it was just Orange they were fantastic... now... horrid and awful customer service.
I signed up with 3 at the end of summer last year so I could use my phone in America with no penalties. That worked a charm... but... when I found out at the presentation that the Apple Watch 3 would be EE exclusive that started to change my mind. Can't change until July this year so that brings up another question - should I wait for the Apple Watch 4?
pretty watch. I think it is better than most round smart watches (atheistic only)
If they would make it android compatible, they would rule the world. Also, should be able to replace siri with google now, to make it really useful.
Maybe series 4, but who knows, thinking it's time to ditch the iphone for something a bit better
If they would make it android compatible, they would rule the world. Also, should be able to replace siri with google now, to make it really useful.
Maybe series 4, but who knows, thinking it's time to ditch the iphone for something a bit better
I didn’t upgrade from my series 0 until December, however if my carrier supported cellular I would have updated at launch. My main reasons for updating were because my series 0 was very slow and the battery life had gotten really poor.
I picked up a used Series 2 SS for xmas to replace my 0, and it's really so much better. 3 days of battery and faster. I didn't really mind the Series 0 speed, but wow S2 is really faster.
I’m waiting for some kind of design change before upgrading from my s0 (it’s a bit slow, batteries fine). It’s not that I don’t like the current design, but I figure a change must be coming and I don’t want to get the series before the change model.. Also, I’m worried they’ll change the band connector, so want to see if it persists through a design change. Any thought?
I agree a design change is likely imminent if If a Series 4 Apple Watch launches in fall 2018, likely a similar form factor, but tweaked.
However, there is zero indication and I don't believe Apple will change the band port for Series 4. Mainly because they have such a large market with the bands in profit and its proprietar , it would be a poor business practice if they changed the band port at this point.
When you look at how much space the band connector needs vs how thick the current watch is, there is plenty of scope to skinny the device down before they need to think of a new band connector.
[doublepost=1517566704][/doublepost]The other thing to remember is that older devices (older than S3) have received some superb optimisations and features due to WatchOS 4. It's not just down to the hardware.
Love my AW series 3, up from a series 0. I went for the non-LTE version as I always have my phone with me.
Apple Pay, directions via Maps, notifications, texts, grocery list, and more better and faster. Between this and my new X, I’ve done my part .
Apple Pay, directions via Maps, notifications, texts, grocery list, and more better and faster. Between this and my new X, I’ve done my part .
I agree with all except the Apple Pay.
Haven’t noticed a difference from my 0 to series 3 there.
Same for my Series 1 and LTE is not yet available in my country so I'd only gain speed, and my AW is fast enough for handling notifications.
I don't know when LTE will be available, but I think I'll stick with mine until the 4th generation is out, then I'll make a choice
Could be I’m imagining that. Overall it’s snappier. And regardless, AP on the Watch is a stellar feature.
I have the series 0 and that is not true on my case. After all days activity (including exercise) is at 25% battery before I go to bed at 11PM. And I am up by 6AM. Not upgrading util series 4. Still happy with the first series.
